Hair treating device



Oct. 27, 1931. E. o. FREDERICS HAIR TREATING DEVICE Filed March 25, 1926 INVENTOR. l

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eaaaaa a. aa aaai TNT @FFHQE ERNEST O. FREDERICS, F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIG-NOR TO E. FREDERICS, INGVOF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK HAIR I'REATING DEVICE Application filed March 25, 1926. Serial No. 97,363.

This invention relates to a pad of improved construction for use in connection with permanent hair-waving methods.

It is an object of the invention to provide l' a device of this character which will afford a maximum of protection against injury to the person whose hair is being treated, and which will expedite and improve the results of such treatment.

il@ A further object is that of furnishing a device of this character which may be readily shipped and handled and which will always be in usable condition, the pad being of such a nature that its several parts may be readily .E5 and economically constructed and assembled.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises an 2@ article of manufacture possessing the features, properties and the relation of elements which will he exemplied in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which. will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying 33 drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of one form of pad embodying the improved construction of the present invention; Y

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken along the lines 2-2 and in the direction of the arrows of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 illustrates the pad in partially rolled condition, certain of the outer portions thereof being broken away to disclose the underlying construction;

with permanent waving. In such use, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the device,

as has been shown, for example, in Fig. 4, a tress of hair 10 is coiled in any suitable manner, as at 1l, around a spindle 12, the pad being placed around the coiled tress in the form of a tube. Prior to its application to the hair the pad or portions thereof may be dampened, and the whole may be disposed within a suitable tube form of heater.

Vith reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 it will be notedthat the hair-treating portion of the pad preferably comprises a sac or envelope 13 of perforate material, for example, gauze. This receptacle is filled with a layer of suitable hair-treating material. l/Vhile this material may be of any desirable character, it is preferred in the present instance to employ powdered borax 14, and in order to prevent the displacement of this substance within the receptacle the body of the latter may be provided with lines of stitching 15, which will serve to prevent this occurrence.

Arranged adjacent the outer face of the envelope is a layer of gas-impervious material 16, and a layer of packing material 17 may be interposed between the material 16 and the envelope 13. A suitable form of paper may be utilized to provide the sheet 16, and the strip 17 may be formed of flannel, it being here noted that two edges 0f these sheets are arranged subtantially in line with each other and that the envelope 13, while being secured thereto, preferably has a portion of its body extending beyond one of the side edges of these sheets.

Arranged beyond the outer face of the sheet 16 is a layer of material 18, which, while transmitting heat, will not be readily destroyed by' the action of the same. To this end, f oil having a high melting point may be employed, for example, copper or silver foil lends itself to this purpose.

With reference to the form of pad shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the layer 19 of foil is of less area than the sheet 18 shown in the preceding views, and the side edge of this layer is not in line with the forward edges of the sheets which are secured to its inner face, the width of the strip 19 being in the present exemplification approximately equal to the length ofthe heater or tube within which 100 u, es

the pad is to be disposed. Also, while in this form of device sheets of fireproof and impervious materials 19 and 21 respectively are employed, the latter is not directly se cured to the inner face of the sheet 19, but, rather, a layer of insulating material 22 is interposed between these elements and carries a strip 20 of packing material. The sheet 22 may be formed of cloth which has been impregnated with a suitable reproof ing substance, or the inherent characteristics of the sheet may be such that it has these qualities.

In both of the illustrated forms of the invention the several component elements may be secured to one another in any manner most desirable, and after the tress of hair has been arranged around the spindle, the envelope or container 13 is in the present instance moistened and coiled around the hair. Due to the arrangement of the pad parts it will be understood that a continued ceiling of the pad will result in the layer of impervious material completely enclosing the envelope due to the fact that the rearedge of this sheet overlaps the rear edge of the envelope. Likewise, the strips of packing material will bear tightly against the outer surface of the strand of hair, and if, as in the present exempliiications, the rear edges of` these strips extend beyond the rear edges of the impervious sheets it will be understood that a sur lus of material will be provided at this point to assure of an adequate i' packing, preventing the ready escape of gases at this point. This escape will be likewise prevented by the heat-conducting and resistant sheet or strip 18. While this sheet, as well as the sheet 19, will serve to readily conduct the heat from the member which encloses the pad and thus cause the substance within the envelopes to give oii' gases which will expedite the treatment of the hair, they will both be flexible and readily conform to any desired shape. In the case of the former sheet, i. e., 18, they will also serve to prevent the parts, and particularly the sheet 16, from smoldering in the event of'excessive heat, due to the re-resistant qualities and for the reason that it will prevent air coming in contact with the coiled hair. In the case of the second form of the invention the sheet of fireproof material 22 will prevent any danger in this connection, it being noted, as in Fig. 4, that these elements may be retained in tight contact with the hair by a cl-ip or any other suitable form of member 23 It will be appreciated that a pad is provided by means of which the hair may readily be treated in an eiiicacious manner and without danger 'of injury to the person. Furthermore, the parts of this pad may be readily constructed and assembled, and an article constructed within the terms of the present invention may be frequently handled or stored over long periods of time without losing any part of its desirable properties.

Thus, among others, the objects of this invention have been accomplished, and since certain changes may be made in the above article, and different embodiments of the invention could bel made, without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description o`r shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of .the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language mightA be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new vand desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a hairtreating pad, including a container for hairtreating substance, and a sheet of insulating material arranged beyond said container and secured thereto, said sheet extending beyond the rear edge of said container and terminating ata point short of the forward edge thereof.

2. As an artic-le of manufacture, a hairtreating pad, including a container for hairtreating substance, and a sheet of heat-conductive and lire-insulating material arranged adjacent the outer face of said container and secured thereto, said sheet having its rear edge extending materially beyond the rear edge of said container, its forward edge terminating at a point short of the forward edge of said container.

3. As an article of manufacture, a hairtreating pad, including a container for hairtreating substance, a sheet of material substantially impervious-to gases arranged beyond the outer face of said container, said sheet having its rear edge extending beyond the rear edge of said container and being secured thereto, and a strip of packing material interposed between said sheet and said container and extending beyond the side edge of the latter.

4. As an article of manufacture, a hairtreating pad, including a container for hairtreating substance, asheet of. material substantially impervious to gases arranged be yond the outer face of said container, said sheet having its rear edge extending beyond the rear edge of said container and being secured thereto, and a strip of packing material interposed between said sheet and said container and extending beyond the side edge of the latter, the rear edge of said latter strip extending beyond the rear edge ofsaid sheet.

5. As an article of manufacture, a hairfit) - the rear edge treating pad, including a container for hairtreating substance, a sheet of material substantially impervious togases disposed adjacent the rear face of said container, a strip of packing material interposed between said sheet and said container, and a sheet of reproof and heat-conducting material arranged beyond said last-named sheet.

6. As an article of manufacture, a hairtreating pad, including a container for hairtreating substance, a sheet of material substantially impervious to gases dlsposed adjacent the rear face of said container, a strip of packing material interposed between said sheet and said container, and a sheet of fireproof and heat-conducting material arranged beyond said last-named sheet, the forward edges of said sheets and strip terminating at a point short of the forward edge of said container, the rear edges of all of the same extending to points beyond the rear edge of said container.

7. As an article of manufacture, a hairtreating pad, including a container for hairtreating substance, a sheet of material substantially impervious to gases disposed adjacent the rear face of said container, a strip of packing material interposed between said sheet and said container, and a sheet of fireproof and heat-conducting material arranged beyond said last-named sheet, the forward edges of said sheets and strip terminating at a point short of the forward edge of said container, the rear edge of said strip extending beyond the rear edge of said first sheet, and the rear edge of said last sheet extending beyond the rear edge of said strip.

8. As an article of manufacture, a hairtreating pad, including a container for hairtreating substance and a sheet of heat-conductive and heat-resistant material arranged beyond said container and secured thereto, said sheet extending beyond the rear edge of said container and terminating at a point short of the forward edge thereof.

9. As an article of manufacture, a hairtreating pad, including al container for hairtreating substance and a sheet of flexible met al arranged beyond said container and secured thereto, said sheet extending beyond of said container and terminating at a point short of the forward edge thereof.

10. As an article of manufacture, a hairtreating pad, including a container for hairtreating substance and a sheet of metallic foil having a high melting point arranged beyond said container and secured thereto, said sheet extending beyond the rear edge of said container' and terminating at a point short of the forward edge thereof.

11.. As an article of manufacture, a hairtreating pad, including a container for hairtreatingsubstance and a sheet of material substantially impervious to gases arranged 

